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Kismetly I Rear and WonderFebruary 14, 2014: Kristen Stewart is hardly the first celebrity to write and share her poetry—count James Franco, Jewel, Tupac Shakur, Jimmy Carter and Ally Sheedy among her various forebears—but she might be the [...]by Kazim Ali

Silver Road of Devotion So Shorely ShownJanuary 15, 2014: Thinking about the long winters of my childhood in the Canadian North reminds me of how much we loved the summers, spent every minute on the playground outside the school. For some reason we would [...]by Kazim Ali

Journal, Day FiveApril 7, 2006: Poetry and Silence When one speaks, who answers back? What is a question in a poem? Sometimes I think there should be no answer—not that silence is the answer, but the gesture of the question is [...]by Kazim Ali